mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
                return 0;
        }
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG
+       /* ioctls to allow direct acces to the cx2388x registers */
+       case VIDIOC_INT_G_REGISTER:
+       {
+               struct v4l2_register *reg = arg;
+
+               if (reg->i2c_id != 0)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               /* cx2388x has a 24-bit register space */
+               reg->val = cx_read(reg->reg&0xffffff);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       case VIDIOC_INT_S_REGISTER:
+       {
+               struct v4l2_register *reg = arg;
+
+               if (reg->i2c_id != 0)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                       return -EPERM;
+               cx_write(reg->reg&0xffffff, reg->val);
+               return 0;
+       }
+#endif
 
        default:
                return v4l_compat_translate_ioctl(inode,file,cmd,arg,